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AN ANCIENT NAGA STILL REARS ITS PLURAL-HEADED BULK AT ANGKOR THOM
According to legend, the Nagas, or many-headed serpents, were the original lords of Cambodia
(see also Color Plate II). This god is supported on the knees of a succession of carved Brahman
divinities and has withstood the ravages of time and strife better than most of his fellows.
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Autochromes by Gervais Courtellemont
IN THE HEART OF CAMBODIA'S JUNGLE WERE BATHS TO RIVAL ROME'S
The great Khmer king, Yacovarman, who came to the throne, A. D. 889, built at Angkor
Thom a city which could vie in magnificence with anything that Europe has produced. The royal
baths, marvels of beauty and luxury, were decorated with Brahmanic figures.
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